Injection pumped single mode surface plasmon generators: threshold, linewidth, and coherence

Jacob B. Khurgin; Greg Sun

doi:10.1364/OE.20.015309

Injection pumped single mode surface plasmon generators: threshold, linewidth, and coherence

Jacob B. Khurgin and Greg Sun

Optics Express
Vol. 20,
Issue 14,
pp. 15309-15325
(2012)
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- Original Manuscript: May 1, 2012
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- Published: June 22, 2012

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Abstract

We develop a theoretical model for the semiconductor generator of the sub-wavelength surface plasmons, operating on a single mode and often referred to as a spaser. We show that input-output characteristics of the single mode spaser does not exhibit nonlinearity inherent in most lasers, but the linewidth of the emission collapses, as in any laser which allows us to define the threshold. Our rigorous derivations show that as long as the mode remains substantially sub-wavelength in all three dimensions, the threshold current (power) shows virtually no dependence on the gain material and geometry of the active layer and is determined solely by the intrinsic loss of the metal in the device. For the semiconductor single mode surface plasmon generators operating in the telecommunication range the threshold current is on the order of 10-20 µA, and the threshold current density grows fast with the decrease of the device size reaching 100’s of kA/cm² or more. This fact makes coherent sources of sub-wavelength SP’s unattainable from our point of view, but there exists a room for efficient broad-band incoherent SP sources either optically or electrically pumped.

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2011 (7)

M. I. Stockman, “Spaser action, loss compensation, and stability in plasmonic systems with gain,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106(15), 156802 (2011).
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[Crossref]

J. B. Khurgin and G. Sun, “Scaling of losses with size and wavelength in nanoplasmonics and metamaterials,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99(21), 211106 (2011).
[Crossref]

C.-Y. Lu and S. L. Chuang, “A surface-emitting 3D metal-nanocavity laser: proposal and theory,” Opt. Express 19(14), 13225–13244 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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2010 (4)

M. P. Nezhad, A. Simic, O. Bondarenko, B. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, L. Feng, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, “Room-temperature subwavelength metallo-dielectric lasers,” Nat. Photonics 4(6), 395–399 (2010).
[Crossref]

J. B. Khurgin and G. Sun, “In search of the elusive lossless metal,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 96(18), 181102 (2010).
[Crossref]

M. I. Stockman, “The spaser as a nanoscale quantum generator and ultrafast amplifier,” J. Opt. 12(2), 024004 (2010).
[Crossref]

S.-H. Kwon, J.-H. Kang, C. Seassal, S.-K. Kim, P. Regreny, Y.-H. Lee, C. M. Lieber, and H.-G. Park, “Subwavelength plasmonic lasing from a semiconductor nanodisk with silver nanopan cavity,” Nano Lett. 10(9), 3679–3683 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2009 (4)

M. A. Noginov, G. Zhu, A. M. Belgrave, R. Bakker, V. M. Shalaev, E. E. Narimanov, S. Stout, E. Herz, T. Suteewong, and U. Wiesner, “Demonstration of a spaser-based nanolaser,” Nature 460(7259), 1110–1112 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. F. Oulton, V. J. Sorger, T. Zentgraf, R.-M. Ma, C. Gladden, L. Dai, G. Bartal, and X. Zhang, “Plasmon lasers at deep subwavelength scale,” Nature 461(7264), 629–632 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. T. Hill, M. Marell, E. S. Leong, B. Smalbrugge, Y. Zhu, M. Sun, P. J. van Veldhoven, E. J. Geluk, F. Karouta, Y. S. Oei, R. Nötzel, C. Z. Ning, and M. K. Smit, “Lasing in metal-insulator-metal sub-wavelength plasmonic waveguides,” Opt. Express 17(13), 11107–11112 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

G. Sun, J. B. Khurgin, and R. A. Soref, “Practical enhancement of photoluminescence by metal nanoparticles,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 94(10), 101103 (2009).
[Crossref]

2008 (2)

M. I. Stockman, “Spasers explained,” Nat. Photonics 2(6), 327–329 (2008).
[Crossref]

M. Knight and N. J. Halas, “Nanoshells to nanoeggs to nanocups: optical properties of reduced symmetry core–shell nanoparticles beyond the quasistatic limit,” New J. Phys. 10(10), 105006 (2008).
[Crossref]

2006 (1)

F. Wang and Y. R. Shen, “General properties of local plasmons in metal nanostructures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 97(20), 206806 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2005 (1)

A. V. Zayats, I. I. Smolyaninov, and A. A. Maradudin, “Nano-optics of surface plasmon polaritons,” Phys. Rep. 408(3-4), 131–314 (2005).
[Crossref]

2004 (1)

M. P. Nezhad, K. Tetz, and Y. Fainman, “Gain assisted propagation of surface plasmon polaritons on planar metallic waveguides,” Opt. Express 12(17), 4072–4079 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2003 (1)

D. J. Bergman and M. I. Stockman, “Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation: quantum generation of coherent surface plasmons in nanosystems,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90(2), 027402 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2001 (1)

I. Vurgaftman, J. R. Meyer, and L.-R. Ram-Mohan, “Band parameters for III–V compound semiconductors and their alloys,” J. Appl. Phys. 89(11), 5815–5875 (2001).
[Crossref]

1999 (1)

O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-dimensional photonic band-gap defect mode laser,” Science 284(5421), 1819–1821 (1999).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1995 (1)

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[Crossref]

1994 (1)

G. Björk, A. Karlsson, and Y. Yamamoto, “Definition of a laser threshold,” Phys. Rev. A 50(2), 1675–1680 (1994).
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1992 (1)

S. L. McCall, A. F. J. Levi, R. E. Slusher, S. J. Pearton, and R. A. Logan, “Whispering‐gallery mode microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 60(3), 289–291 (1992).
[Crossref]

1972 (1)

P. B. Johnson and R. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972).
[Crossref]

1970 (1)

I. Hayashi, M. B. Panish, P. W. Foy, and S. Sumski, “Junction lasers which operate continuously at room temperature,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 17(3), 109–111 (1970).
[Crossref]

1964 (1)

D. A. Kleiman, “The maser rate equations and spiking,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 43, 1505–1532 (1964).

1963 (1)

H. Kroemer, “A proposed class of heterojunction injection lasers,” Proc. IEEE 51(12), 1782–1783 (1963).
[Crossref]

1962 (1)

R. N. Hall, G. E. Fenner, J. D. Kingsley, T. J. Soltys, and R. O. Carlson, “Coherent light emission From GaAs Junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 9(9), 366–368 (1962).
[Crossref]

1958 (1)

A. L. Schawlow and C. H. Townes, “Infrared and optical masers,” Phys. Rev. 112(6), 1940–1949 (1958).
[Crossref]

1957 (1)

E. O. Kane, “Band structure of indium antimonide,” J. Phys. Chem. Solids 1(4), 249–261 (1957).
[Crossref]

Bakker, R.

Bartal, G.

Belgrave, A. M.

Bergman, D. J.

Berini, P.

P. Berini and I. De Leon, “Surface plasmon–polariton amplifiers and lasers,” Nat. Photonics 6(1), 16–24 (2011).
[Crossref]

Björk, G.

G. Björk, A. Karlsson, and Y. Yamamoto, “Definition of a laser threshold,” Phys. Rev. A 50(2), 1675–1680 (1994).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bondarenko, O.

Carlson, R. O.

R. N. Hall, G. E. Fenner, J. D. Kingsley, T. J. Soltys, and R. O. Carlson, “Coherent light emission From GaAs Junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 9(9), 366–368 (1962).
[Crossref]

Christy, R.

P. B. Johnson and R. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972).
[Crossref]

Chuang, S. L.

C.-Y. Lu and S. L. Chuang, “A surface-emitting 3D metal-nanocavity laser: proposal and theory,” Opt. Express 19(14), 13225–13244 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Dai, L.

Dapkus, P. D.

De Leon, I.

P. Berini and I. De Leon, “Surface plasmon–polariton amplifiers and lasers,” Nat. Photonics 6(1), 16–24 (2011).
[Crossref]

Ding, K.

Fainman, Y.

M. Khajavikhan, A. Simic, M. Katz, J. H. Lee, B. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, “Thresholdless nanoscale coaxial lasers,” Nature 482(7384), 204–207 (2012).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. P. Nezhad, K. Tetz, and Y. Fainman, “Gain assisted propagation of surface plasmon polaritons on planar metallic waveguides,” Opt. Express 12(17), 4072–4079 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Feng, L.

Fenner, G. E.

R. N. Hall, G. E. Fenner, J. D. Kingsley, T. J. Soltys, and R. O. Carlson, “Coherent light emission From GaAs Junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 9(9), 366–368 (1962).
[Crossref]

Foy, P. W.

I. Hayashi, M. B. Panish, P. W. Foy, and S. Sumski, “Junction lasers which operate continuously at room temperature,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 17(3), 109–111 (1970).
[Crossref]

Geluk, E. J.

Gladden, C.

Gu, Q.

Halas, N. J.

Hall, R. N.

R. N. Hall, G. E. Fenner, J. D. Kingsley, T. J. Soltys, and R. O. Carlson, “Coherent light emission From GaAs Junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 9(9), 366–368 (1962).
[Crossref]

Hayashi, I.

I. Hayashi, M. B. Panish, P. W. Foy, and S. Sumski, “Junction lasers which operate continuously at room temperature,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 17(3), 109–111 (1970).
[Crossref]

Herz, E.

Hill, M. T.

Johnson, P. B.

P. B. Johnson and R. Christy, “Optical constants of the noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972).
[Crossref]

Kane, E. O.

E. O. Kane, “Band structure of indium antimonide,” J. Phys. Chem. Solids 1(4), 249–261 (1957).
[Crossref]

Kang, J.-H.

Karlsson, A.

G. Björk, A. Karlsson, and Y. Yamamoto, “Definition of a laser threshold,” Phys. Rev. A 50(2), 1675–1680 (1994).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Karouta, F.

Katz, M.

M. Khajavikhan, A. Simic, M. Katz, J. H. Lee, B. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, “Thresholdless nanoscale coaxial lasers,” Nature 482(7384), 204–207 (2012).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Khajavikhan, M.

M. Khajavikhan, A. Simic, M. Katz, J. H. Lee, B. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, “Thresholdless nanoscale coaxial lasers,” Nature 482(7384), 204–207 (2012).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Khurgin, J. B.

J. B. Khurgin and G. Sun, “Practicality of compensating the loss in the plasmonic waveguides using semiconductor gain medium,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 100(1), 011105 (2012).
[Crossref]

J. B. Khurgin and G. Sun, “Scaling of losses with size and wavelength in nanoplasmonics and metamaterials,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99(21), 211106 (2011).
[Crossref]

G. Sun and J. B. Khurgin, “Plasmon enhancement of luminescence by metal nanoparticles,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 17(1), 110–118 (2011).
[Crossref]

J. B. Khurgin and G. Sun, “In search of the elusive lossless metal,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 96(18), 181102 (2010).
[Crossref]

G. Sun, J. B. Khurgin, and R. A. Soref, “Practical enhancement of photoluminescence by metal nanoparticles,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 94(10), 101103 (2009).
[Crossref]

Kim, I.

Kim, M.-K.

A. M. Lakhani, M.-K. Kim, E. K. Lau, and M. C. Wu, “Plasmonic crystal defect nanolaser,” Opt. Express 19(19), 18237–18245 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kim, S.-K.

Kingsley, J. D.

R. N. Hall, G. E. Fenner, J. D. Kingsley, T. J. Soltys, and R. O. Carlson, “Coherent light emission From GaAs Junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 9(9), 366–368 (1962).
[Crossref]

Kleiman, D. A.

D. A. Kleiman, “The maser rate equations and spiking,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 43, 1505–1532 (1964).

Knight, M.

Kroemer, H.

H. Kroemer, “A proposed class of heterojunction injection lasers,” Proc. IEEE 51(12), 1782–1783 (1963).
[Crossref]

Kwon, S.-H.

Lakhani, A. M.

A. M. Lakhani, M.-K. Kim, E. K. Lau, and M. C. Wu, “Plasmonic crystal defect nanolaser,” Opt. Express 19(19), 18237–18245 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lau, E. K.

A. M. Lakhani, M.-K. Kim, E. K. Lau, and M. C. Wu, “Plasmonic crystal defect nanolaser,” Opt. Express 19(19), 18237–18245 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lee, J. H.

M. Khajavikhan, A. Simic, M. Katz, J. H. Lee, B. Slutsky, A. Mizrahi, V. Lomakin, and Y. Fainman, “Thresholdless nanoscale coaxial lasers,” Nature 482(7384), 204–207 (2012).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lee, R. K.

Lee, Y.-H.

Leong, E. S.

Levi, A. F. J.

S. L. McCall, A. F. J. Levi, R. E. Slusher, S. J. Pearton, and R. A. Logan, “Whispering‐gallery mode microdisk lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 60(3), 289–291 (1992).
[Crossref]

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Fig. 1 Geometry of the injection pumped spaser.

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Fig. 2 Effective mode volume of (a) Ag and (b) Au spheroids in absolute and normalized units.

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Fig. 3 Decay rates of SP modes in (a) gold and (b) silver spheroids.

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Fig. 4 The thickness of active layer required to achieve specified value of gain confinement factor in (a) silver and (b) gold spheroid modes.

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Fig. 5 (a) SP generation rate (output) and effective modal loss (linewidth) vs. pump current of Au-based spaser with a = 30nm and no spacing layer between the metal and gain medium (b) Carrier density as a function of pump current in the Au-based spaser with a = 30nm and no spacing layer between the metal and gain medium.

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Fig. 6 Snapshots of material gain profile and modal gain spectral density for different pumping conditions indicated in Figs. 5: (a) – well below transparence (b) at transparency (c) at threshold (d) well above threshold.

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Fig. 7 (a) Number of SP’s per mode (b) recombination rates and modal gain vs. carrier density in of Au-based spaser with a = 30nm and no spacing between the metal and gain medium

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Fig. 8 (A) SP generation rate (output) and effective modal loss (linewidth) vs. pump current of Au-based spasers (a) a = 40nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (b) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), c) a = 40 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing), (d) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing). (B) Carrier density as a function of pump current in the Au-based spasers (a) a = 40nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (b) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (c) a = 40 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing), (d) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing).

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Fig. 9 (A) SP emission rate (output) and effective modal loss (linewidth) vs. pump current of Ag-based spasers (a) a = 40nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (b) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (c) a = 40 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing), (d) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing). (B) Carrier density as a function of pump current in the Ag-based spasers (a) a = 40nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (b) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (c) a = 40 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing), (d) a = 15 nm and Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing).

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Fig. 10 (A) Threshold current density for Au-based spaser vs. the size of half-axis a, (a) Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (b) Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing). (B) Threshold current density for Ag-based spaser vs. the half-axis a, (a) Г = 0.8 (no spacing), (b) Г = 0.4 (2 nm spacing).

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\frac{1}{2} ε_{0} ε_{s} E_{m a x}^{2} V_{e f f} = U_{t}

U_{t} = \frac{1}{2} ε_{0} \int_{m e t}^{} E^{2} (r) d V + \frac{1}{2} ε_{0} ε_{s} \int_{S e m i}^{} E^{2} (r) d V

U_{m a g} = \frac{1}{4} μ_{0} \int_{m e t + s e m i}^{} H^{2} (r) d V

γ_{n r a d} = 2 γ \frac{U_{k i n}}{U_{t}} = γ (1 - 2 \frac{U_{m a g}}{U_{t}})

γ_{r a d} = \frac{2 n ω}{9} (1 + \frac{| ε_{m} |}{ε_{s}}) {(\frac{2 π}{λ})}^{3} a b^{2}

\frac{d n_{c} (r)}{d t} = - \frac{2 π}{ħ} \frac{1}{3} \frac{e^{2} P^{2}}{m_{0}^{2} ω^{2}} \frac{1}{2 π^{2}} {(\frac{2 μ_{r}}{ħ^{2}})}^{\frac{3}{2}} {(ħ ω - E_{g})}^{\frac{1}{2}} (f_{c} - f_{v}) E^{2} (r)

f_{c (v)} (E) = \frac{1}{1 + exp (\frac{E - μ_{c (v)}}{k T})}

n_{c} = \frac{1}{2 π^{2}} {(\frac{2 m_{e}}{ħ^{2}})}^{3 / 2} \int^{​} E_{c}^{1 / 2} f_{c} (E_{c}) d E_{c}

\frac{d N_{S P}}{d t} = - \frac{d N_{c}}{d t} = \frac{2 π}{ħ} \frac{1}{3} \frac{e^{2} P^{2}}{m_{0}^{2} ω^{2}} \frac{1}{2 π^{2}} {(\frac{2 μ_{r}}{ħ^{2}})}^{\frac{3}{2}} {(ħ ω - E_{g})}^{\frac{1}{2}} \frac{2 ħ ω N_{S P}}{ε_{0} ε_{s}} (f_{c} - f_{v}) Г = g (ω) N_{S P}

Г = \frac{\int_{g a i n} E^{2} (r) d V}{E_{m a x}^{2} V_{e f f}}

g (ω) = \frac{8 α_{0} c}{3 ε_{s}} R_{P} {[\frac{2 μ_{r}}{ħ^{2}} (ħ ω - E_{g})]}^{\frac{1}{2}} (f_{c} - f_{v}) Г = A k_{ω} (f_{c} - f_{v}) Г

k_{ω} = {[\frac{2 μ_{r}}{ħ^{2}} (ħ ω - E_{g})]}^{\frac{1}{2}}

γ_{m} = γ_{m 0} - g_{m} .

g_{m} = \int_{0}^{\infty} g (ω) \frac{(γ_{m 0} - g_{m}) / 2 π}{{(ω - ω_{0})}^{2} + {(γ_{m 0} - g_{m})}^{2} / 4} d ω

ρ_{ω} = \frac{2 n^{3} ω^{2}}{3 π^{2} c^{3}} .

d E_{f s}^{2} = \frac{4 n ω^{3}}{3 π^{2} ε_{0} c^{3}} d (ħ ω) .

τ_{f s, ω}^{- 1} = \frac{2 π}{ħ} \frac{1}{3} \frac{e^{2} P^{2}}{m_{0}^{2} ω^{2}} \frac{4 n ω^{3}}{3 π^{2} ε_{0} c^{3}} f_{c} (1 - f_{v}) = \frac{16}{9} α_{0} R_{P} \frac{ħ}{μ_{r}} \frac{n ω^{2}}{c^{2}} f_{c} (1 - f_{v})

\begin{matrix} r_{s p, f s} = \frac{V_{a}}{2 π^{2}} {(\frac{2 μ_{r}}{ħ^{2}})}^{3 / 2} \int^{​} \frac{1}{τ_{f s, ω}} {(ħ ω - E_{g})}^{1 / 2} d (ħ ω) \\ = \frac{64}{9} α_{0} R_{P} \frac{V_{a} n}{ħ λ^{2}} {(\frac{2 μ_{r}}{ħ^{2}})}^{1 / 2} \int^{​} f_{c} (1 - f_{v}) {(ħ ω - E_{g})}^{1 / 2} d (ħ ω) \\ = \frac{64}{9} α_{0} R_{P} \frac{V_{a} n}{ħ λ^{2}} \int^{​} f_{c} (1 - f_{v}) k_{ω} d (ħ ω) \end{matrix}

r_{s p, f s} = \frac{16 π}{3} \frac{V_{e f f}}{ω λ_{s}^{3} Г} \int^{​} g (ω) n_{s p} (ω) d ω

n_{s p} (ω) = \frac{f_{c} (1 - f_{v})}{(f_{c} - f_{v})} > 1

ρ_{ω} = \frac{E^{2} (r)}{E_{m a x}^{2} V_{e f f}} \frac{γ_{m} / 2 π}{{(ω - ω_{0})}^{2} + γ_{m}^{2} / 4}

\begin{array}{l} r_{s p, m} = \frac{1}{2 π^{2}} {(\frac{2 μ_{r}}{ħ^{2}})}^{3 / 2} \int^{​} \frac{1}{τ_{m, ω}} {(ħ ω - E_{g})}^{1 / 2} d (ħ ω) \\ = \frac{8}{3} α_{0} R_{P} \frac{c}{ħ ε_{s}} Г \int^{​} \frac{γ_{m} / 2 π}{{(ω - ω_{0})}^{2} + γ_{m}^{2} / 4} f_{c} (1 - f_{v}) k_{ω} d (ħ ω) . \end{array}

r_{s p, m} = \int^{​} g (ω) n_{s p} (ω) \frac{γ_{m} / 2 π}{{(ω - ω_{0})}^{2} + γ_{m}^{2} / 4} d ω = g_{m} {\bar{n}}_{s p, m}

{\bar{n}}_{s p, m} = \frac{\int^{​} g (ω) n_{s p} (ω) \frac{γ_{m} / 2 π}{{(ω - ω_{0})}^{2} + γ_{m}^{2} / 4} d ω}{\int^{​} g (ω) \frac{γ_{m} / 2 π}{{(ω - ω_{0})}^{2} + γ_{m}^{2} / 4} d ω} .

\begin{matrix} \frac{d N_{s p}}{d t} = (g_{m} - γ_{m 0}) N_{s p} + r_{s p, m} \\ \frac{d N_{c}}{d t} = R_{e x} - g_{m} N_{s p} - r_{s p, m} - r_{s p, f s} - r_{A} \end{matrix}

R_{s p} = γ_{m 0} N_{s p} .

R_{o u t} = γ_{r a d} N_{s p} = γ_{r a d} / (γ_{r a d} + γ_{n r a d}) R_{s p},

N_{s p} = \frac{R_{e x}}{γ_{m 0}}

R_{s p} = R_{e x}

g_{m} = \frac{γ_{m 0}}{2}

N_{s p, t} = \frac{r_{s p, m}}{γ_{m 0} - g_{m}} \approx {\bar{n}}_{s p, m} \approx 1

\frac{d g_{m} (ω)}{d ω} = g (ω) \frac{γ_{m} / 2 π}{{(ω - ω_{0})}^{2} + γ_{m}^{2} / 4}